Editing The Hunt for Red October (section)

==Characters==
===The Soviets===
* '''[[Captain First Rank]] Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius''': Soviet submarine captain who commands the ''Red October'', the [[Soviet Navy]]'s newest ballistic missile submarine. His decision to defect was spurred by personal factors. His wife, Natalia, had died at the hands of an intoxicated and incompetent doctor; however, the doctor escaped punishment because he was the son of a Politburo member. Natalia's untimely death, combined with Ramius's long-standing disillusionment with the callousness of Soviet rule and his fear of ''Red October''{{'}}s destabilizing effect on world affairs, exhausts his tolerance for the failings of the Soviet system.
* '''Captain Second Rank Viktor Aleksievich Tupolev''': Commanding officer of the {{sclass2|Alfa|submarine|0}} attack submarine ''[[Vladimir Konovalov|V. K. Konovalov]]'' and Ramius's former student.
* '''Captain Second Rank Vasily Borodin''': Executive officer of ''Red October''
* '''Dr. Yevgeni Konstantinovich Petrov''': ''Red October''{{'}}s medical officer
* '''Igor Loginov''': [[GRU (Soviet Union)|GRU]] intelligence officer, on duty aboard the ''Red October'' as a cook in order to prevent the defection or capture of the vessel
* '''Alexei Arbatov''': Soviet ambassador to the United States
* '''Captain Second Rank Ivan Yurievich Putin''': Political officer (''zampolit'') aboard the ''Red October''. Killed by Ramius so that he will not interfere with his defection.
* '''Admiral Yuri Ilyich Padorin''': Chief political officer for the Soviet Navy, Ramius's uncle-in-law and mentor

===The Americans and the British===
* '''Dr. [[Jack Ryan (character)|John Patrick "Jack" Ryan]]''': [[Central Intelligence Agency]] liaison to the [[Secret Intelligence Service]]; [[United States Marine Corps|former Marine]] lieutenant
* '''Commander Bartolomeo Vito "Bart" Mancuso, USN''': Commanding officer of the {{Sclass|Los Angeles|submarine|2}} {{USS|Dallas|SSN-700|6}}
* '''Sonar Technician 1st Class Ronald "Jonesy" Jones, USN''': Sonarman aboard ''Dallas'' who first identifies ''Red October'' and its silent drive.
* '''Vice-Admiral John White, 8th Earl of Weston''': [[British Royal Navy]] officer commanding the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}}; also a personal friend of Ryan.
* '''Lieutenant Owen Williams, RN''': British Royal Navy lieutenant serving aboard ''Invincible'' who accompanies Ryan to ''Red October'' because of his Russian language skills.
* '''Oliver Wendell "Skip" Tyler''': Instructor at the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]] who does consulting work for the US Navy. A former naval officer, he was tasked by Ryan with identifying the construction variations in ''Red October'', which he determines to be housing a new, silent propulsion system.
* '''Commander Robert Jefferson "Robby" Jackson, USN''': Commanding officer of [[Squadron (aviation)|Fighter Squadron]] VF-41 out of the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|6}}
* '''Dr. Jeffrey Pelt''': [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] to the US President
* '''Arthur Moore''': [[Director of Central Intelligence]]
* '''Vice Admiral James Greer, USN''': CIA [[Deputy Director for Intelligence]]
* '''Robert Ritter''': CIA [[Deputy Director for Operations]]